Tagged With Georgia
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Dirty South
Climate Central takes on Georgia, coal, and carbon 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
This week brought a new piece of journalism from the crack staff of scientists and reporters at Climate Central. It's called "Georgia: Coal and Carbon."
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Hot potato
Pennsylvania rejected TVA coal ash that’s going to poor communities in Alabama and Georgia 2
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Some of the more than 1 billion gallons of toxic coal ash that spilled from an impoundment at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston power plant in eastern Tennessee last December is making its way to landfills in poor and black communities in Alabama and Georgia, as we reported last week at Facing South.
It turns out that TVA also looked into sending the waste to Pennsylvania for dumping into abandoned mines -- but that state's Department of Environmental Protection rejected the ash as substandard. -
Hizzoner's Progress
15 green-leaning mayors 17
Posted 2 months ago
Global warming is a global problem -- but there ain't no global solution. That's why mayors across the U.S. are taking matters into their own hands.
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Who put the food companies in charge of food safety? We did. 6
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Georgia legislator introduces bill that would restrict coal-fired power plants 3
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Merkley triumphs in Oregon; three other races still undecided 0
Posted 8 months ago -
Enviro groups endorse underdog challenger in Senate race 0
Posted 8 months ago -
Republican congresscritters are in serious trouble 5
Posted 9 months ago -
Georgia judge finds that coal plant must obtain emissions permit from state EPA 2
Posted 1 year ago -
A Coal New World
Landmark ruling halts Georgia coal plant on basis of CO2 emissions 7
Posted 1 year ago -
Outer Limits
Sprawling Atlanta seeks new routes to the future 0
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
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Yes, according to a new ‘artisanal’ restaurant in Atlanta 5
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Water wars! 0
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago -
Georgia Breach
Georgia governor eases water-use restrictions 7
Posted 1 year, 4 months ago -
Give and Lake
Fast-growing Atlanta loses rights to major source of drinking water 0
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago -
Soviet-induced water crises push Eastern European nations to consider solutions 1
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago -
How's My Drying? Call 1-800-F-U-Species
Georgia declares state of emergency due to drought, anger at species protections 2
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago -
They're High, and Dry
Georgia lawmakers propose suspending endangered-species protections during drought 4
Posted 1 year, 8 months ago -
GA state legislature tries to figure out whether climate change is real 5
Posted 1 year, 10 months ago -
A few random observations before getting back to work 25
Posted 1 year, 12 months ago